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2026, April
When the Navy Recovered This Sunken Submarine, ...
4914 When the Navy Recovered This Sunken Submarine, ...
How the Netherlands systematically used extreme...
3569 How the Netherlands systematically used extreme...
Why are Harvard’s slavery researchers quitting ...
3553 Why are Harvard’s slavery researchers quitting ...
Operation Gunnerside: The Norwegian Attack on H...
2537 Operation Gunnerside: The Norwegian Attack on H...
This Man Won Birthright Citizenship for All (Gi...
1288 This Man Won Birthright Citizenship for All (Gi...
Archaeologists discover wreck of Danish warship...
1112 Archaeologists discover wreck of Danish warship...
Wit, unker, git: The lost medieval pronouns of ...
993 Wit, unker, git: The lost medieval pronouns of ...
The ancient reason there are 60 minutes in an hour
940 The ancient reason there are 60 minutes in an hour
Sketches Found in a Closet Reveal Reality of th...
754 Sketches Found in a Closet Reveal Reality of th...
Over 100 years ago, Hawaii eyewitnesses saw an ...
710 Over 100 years ago, Hawaii eyewitnesses saw an ...
2026, March
Lost remains of French musketeer d'Artagnan may...
2896 Lost remains of French musketeer d'Artagnan may...
Cesar Chavez, a Civil Rights Icon, Is Accused o...
2698 Cesar Chavez, a Civil Rights Icon, Is Accused o...
Apocalypse no: how almost everything we thought...
1042 Apocalypse no: how almost everything we thought...
In 1987, California’s largest oceanarium closed...
926 In 1987, California’s largest oceanarium closed...
Nine Black College Students Were Arrested in 19...
917 Nine Black College Students Were Arrested in 19...
Archaeological site in Chile upends theory of h...
889 Archaeological site in Chile upends theory of h...
Children discover mysterious ancient skeleton s...
683 Children discover mysterious ancient skeleton s...
Why the West Refused to Stop the Rwandan Genocide
663 Why the West Refused to Stop the Rwandan Genocide
Uruguay faces dilemma from the deep: what to do...
661 Uruguay faces dilemma from the deep: what to do...
Mary Anning 'sick of fossils' letter bought by ...
651 Mary Anning 'sick of fossils' letter bought by ...
2026, February
Frank Serpico was shot on 3 February 1971, afte...
10620 Frank Serpico was shot on 3 February 1971, afte...
In 1924, a 500-person mob drove the first Black...
9204 In 1924, a 500-person mob drove the first Black...
Seven Pages of a Sealed Watergate File Sat Undi...
2226 Seven Pages of a Sealed Watergate File Sat Undi...
Yale returns medieval manuscript Nazis looted f...
1926 Yale returns medieval manuscript Nazis looted f...
'He did it for us': US soldier recalls Jesse Ja...
1446 'He did it for us': US soldier recalls Jesse Ja...
How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi news...
1430 How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi news...
How Britain helped cover up a US-sponsored coup...
1362 How Britain helped cover up a US-sponsored coup...
Elephant Bone in Spain May Be Proof of Hannibal...
901 Elephant Bone in Spain May Be Proof of Hannibal...
Searchers find wreck of luxury steamer lost in ...
901 Searchers find wreck of luxury steamer lost in ...
What Bikini Atoll Looks Like Today
762 What Bikini Atoll Looks Like Today
2026, January
18,000-Year-Old Circular Dwellings Made of Mamm...
1120 18,000-Year-Old Circular Dwellings Made of Mamm...
Huge Roman villa found under Welsh park could b...
829 Huge Roman villa found under Welsh park could b...
In 1808, Tecumseh and his brother Tenskwatawa f...
551 In 1808, Tecumseh and his brother Tenskwatawa f...
Loyal to the Crown- Many non-Hawaiian royalists...
490 Loyal to the Crown- Many non-Hawaiian royalists...
A Revelation Tore Apart Her Fairy-Tale Marriage...
458 A Revelation Tore Apart Her Fairy-Tale Marriage...
How forced relocation of Soviet intellectuals s...
387 How forced relocation of Soviet intellectuals s...
How White Southerners Distorted the History of ...
382 How White Southerners Distorted the History of ...
The plan to reduce the population of the poor
364 The plan to reduce the population of the poor
Study debunks myth of Native Hawaiians causing ...
349 Study debunks myth of Native Hawaiians causing ...
Scientists reveal dirty truth about ancient Rom...
346 Scientists reveal dirty truth about ancient Rom...